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According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the second wife of the god Jùn is a goddess from this place, where Guǎnghán palace is located. One princess of this place includes retrieving a robe of fire-rat skins among the impossible tasks she assigns to five suitors. (10[1])In a punishment reminiscent of Sisyphus, the woodcutter (10[1]) Gāng must endlessly chop down a self-healing osmanthus tree in this place. (10[1])At the end of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, Princess (10[1])Kaguya (10[1])returns to this location. (10[2])After Uke Mochi vomits up a feast, an ambiguously gendered deity of this location kills her out of disgust. In many East Asian mythologies, the elixir of immortality (10[1])is said to be created by a rabbit who can be found at this location. For 10 points, Tsukuyomi and Cháng’é (“chong-UH”) are deities of what heavenly body? ■END■

ANSWER: the moon [or yuè​liang​ or tsuki or jyut gwong; accept Moon rabbit or Moon hare or yuètù or jyut tou or tsuki no usagi]
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Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech CTusculum A4710
Luke ZhangEmory AAuburn C5510
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Tarun KotiEmory BSouth Carolina A7910
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